Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-04 12:16:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 94027F907B1408FAA48E87405684749C1775E10E0F149E43F2ED67B6BD72B994
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Original Note:
Of the two vessels seized, ‘Advantage Sweet’ is Marshall Islands-flagged, Turkish-operated and Chinese-owned and ‘Niovi’ is Panama-flagged, Greek-operated and Liberian-owned. Neither vessel is owned or operated by the US, as this tweet implies. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/5/3/iran-seizes-second-oil-tanker-in-a-week-amid-us-confrontation https://www.reuters.com/world/second-oil-tanker-week-seized-by-iran-gulf-us-navy-2023-05-03/
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